The Skateboard collection is coming along nicely... check it out!

[jb217676]

Hi Pete. It all depends on what you consider a rookie to be... card, sticker, or postcard. These are the earliest pieces I've found for the big 3:

Rodney Mullen:
1987 Overall (Brazil) #36 Skateboard Album Sticker (First Sticker)
1987 Powell•Peralta Postcard (First Postcard)
1988-89 Cromy (Argentina) #D3 Skateboard Game Card (First Card)

Tony Hawk:
1987 Overall (Brazil) #31 Skateboard Album Sticker Tony Hawk & Lance Mountain (First Sticker)
1987 Overall (Brazil) #35 Skateboard Album Sticker (First Solo Sticker)
1987 Powell•Peralta Postcard (First Postcard)
1988-89 Cromy (Argentina) #A4 Skateboard Game Card (Error, Photo is Tony Hawk and not Lester Kasai)

Mark Gonzales is a lot easier, he only has one true rookie card but it is super tough to find:
1987 Astroboyz Surfing (First Card)

***The 1987 Overall Stickers I own have the backing paper but have been cut from a panel. Panels came like this:
2 small stickers and 1 large sticker OR 2 large stickers OR 1 Extra Large sticker.
Finding an uncut panel with Tony Hawk would blow my mind!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Thanks for that information Jeff. I consider pretty much any collectible to be a rookie card if it's the earliest (I think). These guys really were just kids on their first cards lol.

[canjond]

Originally Posted by jb217676

Hi Pete. It all depends on what you consider a rookie to be... card, sticker, or postcard. These are the earliest pieces I've found for the big 3:

Rodney Mullen:
1987 Overall (Brazil) #36 Skateboard Album Sticker (First Sticker)
1987 Powell•Peralta Postcard (First Postcard)
1988-89 Cromy (Argentina) #D3 Skateboard Game Card (First Card)

Tony Hawk:
1987 Overall (Brazil) #31 Skateboard Album Sticker Tony Hawk & Lance Mountain (First Sticker)
1987 Overall (Brazil) #35 Skateboard Album Sticker (First Solo Sticker)
1987 Powell•Peralta Postcard (First Postcard)
1988-89 Cromy (Argentina) #A4 Skateboard Game Card (Error, Photo is Tony Hawk and not Lester Kasai)

Mark Gonzales is a lot easier, he only has one true rookie card but it is super tough to find:
1987 Astroboyz Surfing (First Card)

***The 1987 Overall Stickers I own have the backing paper but have been cut from a panel. Panels came like this:
2 small stickers and 1 large sticker OR 2 large stickers OR 1 Extra Large sticker.
Finding an uncut panel with Tony Hawk would blow my mind!

Did you notice that Mark is rocking the original Jordan Air Force 1's in that photo?

[jb217676]

Yep, Gonz rocked Jordan's back then (so did McGill). Posted this sticker a few weeks ago, just hit me that Tony Hawk is the skater in the lower right corner!